Gloucester trio play part in England win

England blew hot and cold in clinching a 35-26 victory over the Barbarians at Twickenham on Sunday afternoon. However, for the Gloucester trio of Attwood, Doran-Jones and Tindall, it was a pretty good day at the office.

A win was a good send off for England ahead of their summer tour but a subdued last half hour rather took the shine off a fine opening to the game.

England romped to a 32-7 lead not long into the second half as Mike Tindall shrugged off some less than wholehearted tackling to score his side's fourth try.

However, whereas the Barbarians replacements seemed to galvanise the side and spark a spirited comeback, England seemed to lose their way once they started to make changes.

England did hang on for the win but there would have been a grudging acceptance that a couple of the scores were the result of poor defence from the invitation side and that tougher tests await Down Under.

Attwood, making his first England start, drew praise from Martin Johnson after the game and certainly caught the eye with some good work in the set piece and also showed up well in the loose.

Similarly, Doran-Jones went well up front and didn't do his long term prospects any harm at all.

Meanwhile, Tindall, a wise head in the backline, looked in great nick and his try was well taken after a smart hand off on Casey Laulala.

Most importantly, however, all three came through the game and were on the plane for Australia on Monday morning.

Argentine international Mariano Galarza made his Gloucester Rugby debut on Sunday afternoon, and despite a disappointing reverse to Sale Sharks, the giant Puma was just glad to be making his long-awaited bow in Cherry and White.

Having skippered Scotland to a hard fought 25-13 defeat against England at Twickenham on Saturday, Greig Laidlaw spoke of the frustrations of his side doing so many good things and making real progress as a team but still finishing on the wrong end of the scoreline.

GRTV caught up with Neil McCarthy as he was unveiled as the new Head of Academy. The ex-Gloucester front rower is looking forward to getting to work with the vast arrays of talent in the Academy and across Gloucestershire.

Although understandably disappointed to see Northampton snatch a 33-33 draw with a last gasp try on Saturday, Gareth Evans told GRTV after the game that the result shows how far Gloucester have come as a team this season.

Gloucester scrum half Greig Laidlaw spoke to GRTV after the 33-33 draw with Northampton Saints on Saturday, and the Scotsman described how the hosts played some great rugby, but will rue not holding the lead which keeps them in touch with the top seven.

Although Gloucester could take many positives from the 33-33 draw with Northampton Saints on Saturday, centre Bill Meakes admitted it was a strange feeling at the final whistle with Gloucester having probably done enough to win the game.

Speaking after the 33-33 draw with Northampton Saints on Saturday, David Humphreys admitted that he was happy with many aspects of the team's performance but regretted a missed opportunity to defeat the Premiership champions.

Hartpury U18s won the AASE league for the sixth year in a row last week beating Filton College in the Final at Allianz Park by 50 points to nil, while Bromsgrove School won their first NatWest U18 Schools Cup.

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